The Queen's Gambit move is full of hidden details, but here are 15 of them

Yes, today we'll be talking about the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit. Everyone has already watched it at least once. Although, if you haven't had the time yet, let us let you know - this post contains spoilers, so continue reading at your own risk.

The Queen's Gambit is a television miniseries created by Netflix and based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. In just one month, The Queen's Gambit became the most-watched miniseries in Netflix history. And, like the greatest films and TV series, The Queen's Gambit has established itself as a genius and precisely thought-out work of art. Hence, there are quite a few interesting details that viewers missed while watching.

With that said, Pictolic invites you to read about some of the more interesting things that you probably missed while watching The Queen's Gambit.

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1. The white image of Beth in the final episode was a visual reference to the White Queen chess piece.

In her final outfit in the final episode, Beth wears a glamorous white outfit and beret. The costume transforms Beth into a visual representation of the white queen's chess piece. “The idea, of course, is to convey that she is now the queen on the chessboard and that the chessboard itself is the world,” costume designer Gabriele Binder told Vogue.

2. Alma's death could be predicted in this scene.

One of the most exciting details that most viewers probably missed was pointed out by a Reddit user. In this scene, Alma looks into the hotel mirror - the setting is reminiscent of the famous pun by 19th-century illustrator Charles Allan Gilbert called "Everything is Vanity." The illustration shows a woman looking in a mirror and a human skull. This scene was the very last time Alma was seen live on the show.

3. Cleo could have been the Russian mole sent to sabotage Beth.

Cleo is a mysterious French fashion model who meets Beth in Benny's apartment, and then, the night before Beth's game against the Borg, she seduces Beth into drinking. Many viewers find it suspicious how Cleo accidentally appears on the night before Beth's important match with Borg. There are rumors on Reddit that Cleo actually worked for Russian teams to sabotage Beth. With that in mind, it makes sense why she never appears on the show again after Beth's match.

4. Whenever Beth plays chess on the ceiling, it is always Mr. Scheibel's original set.

Throughout the miniseries, there are many scenes where Beth visualizes a chess game on the ceiling. If you look closely enough, you will notice that every game on the ceiling uses chess pieces that she used when she learned to play chess with Mr. Scheibel.

5. The gameplay in the series is absolutely authentic.

If you don't play chess, you probably won't notice or appreciate how authentic all the matches are. In a press release ahead of The Queen's Gambit, Netflix said that one of their main goals "was to ensure that if a chess pro sat down to watch the show, he would not quit watching the plot because of inaccuracy."

6. The structure of the episode echoes the 7 squares that a pawn must cross on the board to become a queen.

There is one interesting detail about the structure of the show. As you know, the mini-series "The Queen's Gambit" consists of seven episodes. The structure of the show can follow the seven squares that a pawn must cross on the board to become a queen.

7. Garry Beltika's style of play is based on the image of the real chess player Magnus Carlsen.

Harry Beltik's image was based on the image of the Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. “Each of us chooses a character,” said actor Harry Melling. “I focused on a real chess player, Magnus Carlsen. He is very interesting because he is very fast and his arms are very straight according to the figures. "

8. One of the newspaper clippings that Scheibel retained has the headline "Beth Harmon Proves Not All Women Are Stupid."

Among all the newspaper clippings Mr. Scheibel kept in his basement office praising and recognizing Beth's success, there is one that begins with the words, "Beth Harmon proves that not all women are stupid." This detail is another clue to the misogyny that Beth had to face.

9. In the last episode, Beth is still using the first chess set she has ever bought.

After Beth wins her first cash prize in a chess tournament, she goes shopping and buys her first chess set. In Episode 7, when Beth goes to her hotel room to decide how to defeat Luchenko, she is still using the same chess set.

10. Towards the end, Beth's lipstick shades became similar to those used by Alma.

It turns out that there is a secret behind the lipstick colors Beth wears at the end of the show. “Alma's dark lipstick is one of her key characteristics. Makeup designer Daniel Parker planned that as the series progressed, Beth's own lipstick shades would become more and more similar, like an ode to her second mother, ”Netflix revealed in a video.

11. Throughout the series, cages were used in Beth's “checkerboard-like” outfits.

Many of Beth's outfits are decorated with cages. “I always try to reflect what is going on inside the character with what he wears on the outside, and I thought that the cage would be immediately interesting to Ani's character since she would intuitively choose chess-related pieces. The contrast of the plaid print also reflects the nuances of the game itself - it is crucial, win or lose - which would not be the case, say, with a floral print, ”costume designer Gabriele Binder told Vogue.

12. The Dutch angle was used to frame the first time Beth suffered a major defeat in chess.

"Dutch tilt" or "Dutch angle" is a cinematic technique in which the angle of the camera is intentionally tilted to one side. This technique is commonly used to depict psychological anxiety or tension in a subject being filmed. At a tournament in Las Vegas, when Beth realizes that she is about to lose to Benny Watts, the camera begins to asymmetrically tilt and move around Beth, creating a "Dutch tilt".

13. After her first chess victory, Beth bought shoes that were worn by all the popular girls in her high school.

As you probably remember, on her first day of high school, popular girls bullied Beth because of her short brown shoes. In the same scene in the second episode, the camera is pulled down to show that all these girls are wearing black and white Oxford shoes.

14. Everything goes in a circle when Beth plays white in his game against the Borg at the end of the series.

As you may remember, in Beth's first game of chess with the shelter worker Mr. Scheibel, he played white, which gave him an advantage. The circle was closed when Beth played white in the final game against the Borg.

15. In the final match, Beth wears a dress very similar to the one she wore in the first episode.

In the first episode, Beth wears a light gray dress with a collar. Fast forward to the last episode, during the last match, she can be seen in a dress of the same color, which also has a collar. “In the first episode, Beth wears a dress that her mother made for her, with her name delicately embroidered. The color of this dress reflects Beth's sense of "home". We wanted to create a moment when she can come back “home” again, so at her final tournament in Moscow she wears the same color dress - the dress she wears when she wins. We wanted to use this color to show that she finally feels confident and that her mother is with her, ”the show's costume designer Gabriele Binder told Vogue.